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Glasswort \Glass"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia
herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly
plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly
burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making
glass and soap.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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glasswort noun
1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having
prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash [syn:
saltwort, barilla, kali, kelpwort, Salsola
kali, Salsola soda]
2: fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary
scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers;
formerly used in making glass [syn: samphire, Salicornia
europaea]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Glasswort \Glass"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia
herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly
plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly
burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making
glass and soap.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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